On Monday, Governments are scheduled to push for an agreement to help vulnerable countries deal with global warming and compensate them for damages that have already occurred, in what is likely to be a test whether rich nations and developing… Read More ›
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HSBC & StanChart among other financial institutions transferred more than $2 trillion of illicit money
On Monday, shares of Standard Chartered’s and HSBC in Hong Kong fell vertically following media reports that the two banks along with other banks transferred large sums of allegedly illicit funds for nearly two decades despite the transfers being red… Read More ›
BMW to shift production in case of cliffhanger Brexit
BMW could relocate production of the Mini from Oxford to Netherlands, in case of a no-deal Brexit. In a significant development, BMW’s Chief Executive Harald Kruege disclosed, it could relocate more of its production facilities of its Mini to a… Read More ›
Chen Feng to be sole chairman of China’s HNA Group
Following the untimely death of its co-founder Wang Jian, shares held by him of the debt-laden aviation-to-financial services conglomerate will be transferred to either a China-based charity or a New York-based foundation, which together hold a controlling stake in the… Read More ›
European Commission drags China to WTO over alleged patents violations
Although the EU action on China shares common ground with the U.S., the route taken by the European Commission is however significantly different in that its less dramatic and disruptive. With the European Commission (EC) dragging China to the World… Read More ›
U.S. Department of Treasury aiming to plug and strengthen CFIUS law
The strategic move by the Trump Administration is aimed at rationalizing the treatment of business investment in the United States. As per a senior Treasury official, the U.S. Department of the Treasury is weighing options to restrict investments by Chinese… Read More ›
The United States threatens to impose tariffs on Chinese imports worth at least $100 billion
The U.S. tariffs are aimed at forcing China to modify and suitably change its coercive trade policy of forcible transfers of U.S. intellectual property to its domestic companies and gain technological advantage. U.S. President Donald Trump has directed official to… Read More ›
China caught supplying oil to North Korean vessels at sea
Despite China’s talk, the South Korean news report reiterates suspicion by Tokyo, Seoul and Washington that China has been actively aiding, bolstering and conducting business with its ally – North Korea. Following a South Korean news report that Chinese vessels… Read More ›